1% - David Jourdan and Yuji Oshima

30 USD

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1% - David Jourdan and Yuji Oshima

30 USD

This double CD includes all contributions (114 sound pieces/ 01:50:22)
to David Jourdan and Yuji Oshima's installation for the elevators of the
French Ministry of Culture and Communication.According to the
French government’s 1% guidelines, one per cent of the total amount
spent in the construction of any public building is to be allocated for
the realization of site-specific artworks. In this context, David
Jourdan and Yuji Oshima were commissioned to create a permanent
installation for the new building of the ministry, 182 rue Saint-Honoré,
Paris, completed in February 2005.A temperamental audio playback is
set off by accident – one chance in a hundred – in two elevators at the
ministry. For once, the 1% is indeed one per cent. The issue is
deceptive musak.Every user of the elevator who presses a button
participates in a game in which there is a limited number of possible
actions, but a real 1% chance of winning. In short, a mere lottery.When
one wins, the reward is an illuminated animation on the cabin ceiling
accompanied by a brief audio composition. For that purpose, Jourdan and
Oshima invited 17 artists/groups to create 15 to 90 seconds of sound
compositions from previously unreleased audio material.Assuming that
on average, the cabin carries any other passenger going to a different
floor, a user who takes the elevator 10 times a day, 5 days a week, has
one chance per week of winning. With the exception of this brief event,
nothing else out of the ordinary occurs.